From Lawyer to Playwright, Finding the Engine, and Working Backwards to Move Forward - Playwright's Spotlight with June Carryl

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A MUST LISTEN! This in far from a dismissal of past guests and interviews. This is a personal and human conversation that is insightful and inspiring from struggle to achievement and perhaps a pathway to the later. June and I had a mishap in schedule that, had it not happened, I don't think we would have had the conversation that we came away with. Her background of going from lawyer to playwright is enough to inspire anyone question their passion into the arts to take the leap. We follow with the lessons of writing a disaster of a play and getting the craft wrong but, yet, finding the engine. We examine her process, need vs premise, skeletal biographies, working backwards to move forwards in terms of character backgrounds, the gentle form of interrogation by starting with love, exploring unknown markets, inspiring playwrights and (un)appreciating the classics, reading vs viewing  a play, and compromise, sacrifice, and tradeoffs. It's a very philosophical episode that playwrights of all levels will walk away with something huge. Enjoy!

June Carryl is a playwright, actor and director. Her plays include LA BÊTE - A One Act which won the Encore! Producers Award, Spirit of the Fringe Award, and  Orgasmico Most Orgasmic Writing Award in 2014, STONE ANGELS, BLOWFLY; MOURNING STORY, BABY TOES, SEDUCER, THE RINGS OF SATURN (The Living Room Series, Blank Theatre), GOD’S WIFE, and THE ART OF YES. She’s received commissions from the Magic and Visual Artists Theater in New York. 

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ACT -
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Z Space Studio -
http://www.zspace.org

Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance -
http://www.armeniandrama.org

The Blank -
https://www.theblank.com

Ojai Playwrights Conference -
https://www.ojaiplays.org/

Edinburgh Fringe - 
https://www.edfringe.com

IAMA -
https://www.iamatheatre.com

Playwrights Arena -
https://playwrightsarena.org

Rogue Machine -
https://roguemachine.ludus.com/index.php

Lower Depth -
https://www.lower-depth.com

Collaborative Artists Bloc -
https://www.collaborativeartistsbloc.org

The Road -
https://roadtheatre.org

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IG @junecarryl

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